Pitkin v. Gross

I respectfully dissent in part, concur in part, and would remand for the following reasons:

1. I concur with the majority in its holding that the trial court had discretion to award reasonable attorney’s fees to the petitioner in a parentage action where private counsel is retained. The trial court should be reversed and the matter remanded on this issue.

2. I disagree with the majority and would affirm the trial court’s setting of child support. The trial court properly applied Packer v. Holm, 364 N.W.2d 506 (Minn.Ct.App.1985). In Packer, the referee in Ramsey County recommended child support…